Norwegian club Molde are preparing for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to return to the club as manager despite many tipping him to take the manager's job at Old Trafford on a permanent basis.

Solskjaer was handed the job until the end of the season after the sacking of Jose Mourinho last month with the view of the club hiring a permanent successor to the Portuguese in the summer.

However, after the Norwegian has won his first five games in charge at United many of his former team-mates and pundits are backing the 45-year-old to be given the job for good at the end of the season.

But Molde, the Norwegian side Solskjaer was managing when he joined United, believe the treble winner will be returning.

"The deal is until May 12. That is our Plan A and our Plan B,” Molde managing director Oystein Neerland told the Daily Mail.

"We have no Plan C. We have only spoken with United about this period, January to May. Nothing else. I'm staying with this plan."

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino remains the firm favourite to be given the manager's job in the summer and as Solskjaer prepares to face him on Sunday he spoke about the continued speculation.

"He's done a very good job," Solskjaer said of Pochettino. "The speculation is there for a reason because he's done well. But it's not my job to rate different managers. My focus is on me and my team."